Pope Francis meets U.S. President Donald Trump during a private audience at the Vatican May 24, 2017.
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What to expect from Vatican-US relations as Trump returns to office

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As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to return to office, it's worth considering what Vatican-U.S. relations might look like during the four years ahead, NCR's Christopher White writes. 

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Delegates engage in discussions at the United States of America’s pavilion during COP 29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 11-22. (NCR photo/Doreen Ajiambo)

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Trump's election, embrace of fossil fuels casts shadow over UN climate summit

Donald Trump's looming return has cast a shadow over COP29, say Catholic officials here who worry Trump will not only halt U.S. progress in reducing heat-trapping emissions but also undermine international efforts.

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Pope Francis meets U.S. President Donald Trump during a private audience at the Vatican May 24, 2017.
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As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to return to office, it's worth considering what Vatican-U.S. relations might look like during the four years ahead, NCR's Christopher White writes. 

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"The climate crisis is not gender-neutral. Women and girls disproportionately bear the brunt of climate change, yet their voices remain largely underrepresented in climate decision-making," said Jemimah Njuki, U.N. Women's chief of women's economic empowerment.

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Climate action at COP29 needed for humanity and our 'companions along the way'

We need to listen to what birds have to say — to preach — to us and how it is we who need an "ecological conversion." An important part of this conversion will be safeguarding species in danger of extinction.

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Make clean energy, not wars, faith activists tell world leaders at climate summit

Debate about how much money countries should direct toward addressing climate change has overlooked the massive spending on weapons and wars, say faith activists at  the U.N. climate conference in Azerbaijan. 

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Missouri farmer's faith drives him to innovate, stand up for farmers and communities

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For decades, Scorsese has pondered a project dedicated to the saints. Now, he's finally realized it in “Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints,” an eight-part docudrama series debuting Sunday on Fox Nation, the streaming service from Fox News Media. Scorsese, who turns 82 on Sunday, recently met for an interview not long after returning from a trip to his grandfather's hometown in Sicily. He was made an honorary citizen and the experience was still lingering in his mind.

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Sr. Francisca Ngozi Uti speaks at the 2024 Opus Prize ceremony Nov. 14 at Santa Clara University in California, where Uti's organization was awarded $1 million. (Courtesy of Santa Clara University)

Sr. Francisca Ngozi Uti, from Nigeria, receives $1 million Opus Prize

Sr. Francisca Ngozi Uti, of the Handmaids of the Holy Child Jesus, won the 2024 Opus Prize, which honors social entrepreneurs who operate from a faith tradition and find innovative ways to address social challenges.

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In these difficult times, Sr. Juliet Moussau imagines an aqueduct: I "allow the sorrow and pain of others to move through me to God because those burdens were too much for me to handle."

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Amid shortages and blackouts, sisters accompany people of Cuba

Despite years of shortages in Cuba, and now more constant blackouts, Catholic sisters and priests are committed to remain with those suffering on the island.

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Ursulines offer Spanish translation services to Louisville patients

Ursuline Srs. Kathleen Neely and Mary Martha Staarman volunteer as Spanish translators for patients at the Family Community Clinic, a free medical clinic on the St. Joseph Parish campus in Louisville, Kentucky.

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